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THE EPOCH TIMES

Congress Asks Telecom Executives to Testify on CCP Hack

‘It is clear that we face a cyber-adversary the likes of which we have never confronted before,’ the House Select Committee on the CCP said in a letter.

Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich.), chairman of the House Select Committee on the CCP, speaks at a roundtable event in Washington on May 23, 2024.


By Catherine Yang
10/11/2024 Updated: 10/11/2024


Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich.), chair of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, and ranking member Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) sent a letter to the CEOs of Verizon, AT&T, and Lumen Technologies on Oct. 10, seeking answers after the companies were reported hacked by a group with ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

The Wall Street Journal first reported the hack, writing that several telecom companies, including the three named, were victims of a CCP-backed cyberattack and that hackers had access to the networks for months or longer.

“The implications of any breach of this nature would be difficult to overstate,” the lawmakers wrote in the letter.

They noted that the committee previously held a hearing highlighting the threat of “Volt Typhoon,” a CCP-backed hacking campaign that had successfully compromised critical U.S. infrastructure, whereas this campaign is reportedly an effort by “Salt Typhoon,” a separate unit closely linked with the CCP’s spy agency.

According to the Wall Street Journal reports, the attackers accessed networks with information about criminal and national security information and would have had access to millions of Americans’ communications data through these internet service providers.

“Taken together ... it is clear that we face a cyber-adversary the likes of which we have never confronted before, and we must urgently enhance our nation’s approach to cybersecurity,” the lawmakers’ letter reads.

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